Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Letters

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Thermal desorption of Na in meteoroids - Dependence on perihelion distance of meteor showers p. L17

T. Kasuga, T. Yamamoto, H. Kimura and J. Watanabe

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065330

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A correlation between the heavy element content of transiting extrasolar planets and the metallicity of their parent stars p. L21

T. Guillot, N. C. Santos, F. Pont, N. Iro, C. Melo and I. Ribas

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065476

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Star-forming knots and density wave in NGC 2997 p. L25

P. Grosbøl, H. Dottori and R. Gredel

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065446

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Mass downsizing and “top-down” assembly of early-type galaxies p. L29

A. Cimatti, E. Daddi and A. Renzini

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065155

Astrophysical processes

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Observational constraints on energetic particle diffusion in young supernovae remnants: amplified magnetic field and maximum energy p. 387

E. Parizot, A. Marcowith, J. Ballet and Y. A. Gallant

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064985

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

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Cosmic evolution of the galaxy's mass and luminosity functions by morphological type from multi-wavelength data in the CDF-South p. 397

A. Franceschini, G. Rodighiero, P. Cassata, S. Berta, M. Vaccari, M. Nonino, E. Vanzella, E. Hatziminaoglou, J. Antichi and S. Cristiani

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054360

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Effervescent heating: constraints from nearby cooling flow clusters observed with XMM-Newton p. 423

R. Piffaretti and J. S. Kaastra

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054365

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X-ray detection of the proto supermassive binary black hole at the centre of Abell 400 p. 433

D. S. Hudson, T. H. Reiprich, T. E. Clarke and C. L. Sarazin

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064955

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Magnetic turbulence in cool cores of galaxy clusters p. 447

T. A. Enßlin and C. Vogt

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053518

Extragalactic astronomy

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Molecular gas in the Andromeda galaxy p. 459

Ch. Nieten, N. Neininger, M. Guélin, H. Ungerechts, R. Lucas, E. M. Berkhuijsen, R. Beck and R. Wielebinski

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20035672

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The milliarcsecond-scale jet of PKS 0735+178 during quiescence p. 477

I. Agudo, J. L. Gómez, D. C. Gabuzda, A. P. Marscher, S. G. Jorstad and A. Alberdi

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054517

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Oxygen abundance in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey p. 487

F. Shi, X. Kong and F. Z. Cheng

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054524

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IC 4200: a gas-rich early-type galaxy formed via a major merger p. 493

P. Serra, S. C. Trager, J. M. van der Hulst, T. A. Oosterloo and R. Morganti

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054692

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The clustering evolution of distant red galaxies in the GOODS-MUSIC sample p. 507

A. Grazian, A. Fontana, L. Moscardini, S. Salimbeni, N. Menci, E. Giallongo, C. De Santis, S. Gallozzi, M. Nonino, S. Cristiani and E. Vanzella

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054793

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VLT/NACO near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy of N159A in the LMC HII complex N159 p. 517

G. Testor, J. L. Lemaire, D. Field and S. Diana

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054697

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The correlation of narrow line emission and X-ray luminosity in active galactic nuclei p. 525

H. Netzer, V. Mainieri, P. Rosati and B. Trakhtenbrot

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054203

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

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Recent star formation in the inner Galactic Bulge seen by ISOGAL - I. Classification of bright mid-IR sources in a test field p. 535

F. Schuller, A. Omont, I. S. Glass, M. Schultheis, M. P. Egan and S. D. Price

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052891

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VLT/UVES spectroscopy of individual stars in three globular clusters in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy p. 547

B. Letarte, V. Hill, P. Jablonka, E. Tolstoy, P. François and G. Meylan

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054439

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

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Water destruction by X-rays in young stellar objects p. 555

P. Stäuber, J. K. Jørgensen, E. F. van Dishoeck, S. D. Doty and A. O. Benz

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054263

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The X-ray emission of the supernova remnant W49B observed with XMM-Newton p. 567

M. Miceli, A. Decourchelle, J. Ballet, F. Bocchino, J. P. Hughes, U. Hwang and R. Petre

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054290

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Evidence for T Tauri-like emission in the EXor V1118 Ori from near-IR and X-ray data p. 579

D. Lorenzetti, T. Giannini, L. Calzoletti, S. Puccetti, S. Antoniucci, A. A. Arkharov, A. Di Paola, V. M. Larionov and B. Nisini

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054562

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An estimate of the time variation of the abundance gradient from planetary nebulae - III. O, S, Ar, and Ne: a comparison of PN samples p. 587

W. J. Maciel, L. G. Lago and R. D. D. Costa

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054557

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Interstellar scintillation of PSR J0437–4715 on two scales p. 595

C. R. Gwinn, C. Hirano and S. Boldyrev

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054280

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Interstellar scintillation of PSR J0437–4715 p. 601

T. V. Smirnova, C. R. Gwinn and V. I. Shishov

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054281

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Early ComeOn+ adaptive optics observation of GQ Lupi and its substellar companion p. 609

M. Janson, W. Brandner, T. Henning and H. Zinnecker

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054475

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Line profiles of water for the photon dominated region and embedded sources in the S140 region p. 615

D. R. Poelman and M. Spaans

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054734

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Simulated synchrotron emission from pulsar wind nebulae p. 621

L. Del Zanna, D. Volpi, E. Amato and N. Bucciantini

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064858

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Modelling the Galactic interstellar extinction distribution in three dimensions p. 635

D. J. Marshall, A. C. Robin, C. Reylé, M. Schultheis and S. Picaud

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053842

Stellar structure and evolution

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The production of short-lived radionuclides by new non-rotating and rotating Wolf-Rayet model stars p. 653

M. Arnould, S. Goriely and G. Meynet

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053966

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Non-spherical core collapse supernovae - II. The late-time evolution of globally anisotropic neutrino-driven explosions and their implications for SN 1987 A p. 661

K. Kifonidis, T. Plewa, L. Scheck, H.-Th. Janka and E. Müller

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054512

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The topology and polarisation of subbeams associated with the “drifting” subpulse emission of pulsar B0943+10 - IV. Q-to-B-mode recovery dynamics p. 679

Joanna M. Rankin and Svetlana A. Suleymanova

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054140

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The stability of toroidal fields in stars p. 687

J. Braithwaite

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041282

Stellar atmospheres

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The diagnosis of the mean quadratic magnetic field of Ap stars p. 699

G. Mathys and S. Hubrig

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054353

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Lithium abundances for early F stars: new observational constraints for the Li dilution p. 717

G. Jasniewicz, A. Recio-Blanco, P. de Laverny, M. Parthasarathy and J. R. De Medeiros

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054421

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NLTE analysis of the solar potassium abundance p. 723

H. W. Zhang, K. Butler, T. Gehren, J. R. Shi and G. Zhao

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065074

The Sun

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Solar bursts gyrosynchrotron emission from three-dimensional sources p. 729

P. J. A. Simões and J. E. R. Costa

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054665

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Testing non-linear force-free coronal magnetic field extrapolations with the Titov-Démoulin equilibrium p. 737

T. Wiegelmann, B. Inhester, B. Kliem, G. Valori and T. Neukirch

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054751

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

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Cross-identifications and astro-photometric comparisons of the ICRF with recent catalogs of quasars p. 743

J. Souchay, A. M. Gontier and C. Barache

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054374

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

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Stark parameters of neutral helium 318.8 nm line p. 751

R. J. Peláez, V. R. González, F. Rodríguez, J. A. Aparicio and S. Mar

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054691

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Nuclear spin conversion of formaldehyde in protostar environments induced by non reactive collisions p. 755

M. Tudorie, P. Cacciani, J. Cosléou, F. Herlemont, M. Khelkhal, C. Puzzarini, S. Maret and C. Kahane

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20064952

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

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An analysis method for time ordered data processing of dark matter experiments p. 761

E. Moulin, J. F. Macías-Pérez, F. Mayet, C. Winkelmann, Yu. M. Bunkov, H. Godfrin and D. Santos

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054704

Online catalogs and data

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New grids of stellar models including tidal-evolution constants up to carbon burning - III. From 0.8 to 125 M: the Large Magellanic Cloud (Z = 0.007–0.01) p. 769

A. Claret

Published online: 16 June 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054701

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume 453 / No 2 (July II 2006)

Letters

Thermal desorption of Na in meteoroids - Dependence on perihelion distance of meteor showers p. L17

A correlation between the heavy element content of transiting extrasolar planets and the metallicity of their parent stars p. L21

Star-forming knots and density wave in NGC 2997 p. L25

Mass downsizing and “top-down” assembly of early-type galaxies p. L29

Astrophysical processes

Observational constraints on energetic particle diffusion in young supernovae remnants: amplified magnetic field and maximum energy p. 387

Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies)

Cosmic evolution of the galaxy's mass and luminosity functions by morphological type from multi-wavelength data in the CDF-South p. 397

Effervescent heating: constraints from nearby cooling flow clusters observed with XMM-Newton p. 423

X-ray detection of the proto supermassive binary black hole at the centre of Abell 400 p. 433

Magnetic turbulence in cool cores of galaxy clusters p. 447

Extragalactic astronomy

Molecular gas in the Andromeda galaxy p. 459

The milliarcsecond-scale jet of PKS 0735+178 during quiescence p. 477

Oxygen abundance in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey p. 487

IC 4200: a gas-rich early-type galaxy formed via a major merger p. 493

The clustering evolution of distant red galaxies in the GOODS-MUSIC sample p. 507

VLT/NACO near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy of N159A in the LMC HII complex N159 p. 517

The correlation of narrow line emission and X-ray luminosity in active galactic nuclei p. 525

Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations

Recent star formation in the inner Galactic Bulge seen by ISOGAL - I. Classification of bright mid-IR sources in a test field p. 535

VLT/UVES spectroscopy of individual stars in three globular clusters in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy p. 547

Interstellar and circumstellar matter

Water destruction by X-rays in young stellar objects p. 555

The X-ray emission of the supernova remnant W49B observed with XMM-Newton p. 567

Evidence for T Tauri-like emission in the EXor V1118 Ori from near-IR and X-ray data p. 579

An estimate of the time variation of the abundance gradient from planetary nebulae - III. O, S, Ar, and Ne: a comparison of PN samples p. 587

Interstellar scintillation of PSR J0437–4715 on two scales p. 595

Interstellar scintillation of PSR J0437–4715 p. 601

Early ComeOn+ adaptive optics observation of GQ Lupi and its substellar companion p. 609

Line profiles of water for the photon dominated region and embedded sources in the S140 region p. 615

Simulated synchrotron emission from pulsar wind nebulae p. 621

Modelling the Galactic interstellar extinction distribution in three dimensions p. 635

Stellar structure and evolution

The production of short-lived radionuclides by new non-rotating and rotating Wolf-Rayet model stars p. 653

Non-spherical core collapse supernovae - II. The late-time evolution of globally anisotropic neutrino-driven explosions and their implications for SN 1987 A p. 661

The topology and polarisation of subbeams associated with the “drifting” subpulse emission of pulsar B0943+10 - IV. Q-to-B-mode recovery dynamics p. 679

The stability of toroidal fields in stars p. 687

Stellar atmospheres

The diagnosis of the mean quadratic magnetic field of Ap stars p. 699

Lithium abundances for early F stars: new observational constraints for the Li dilution p. 717

NLTE analysis of the solar potassium abundance p. 723

The Sun

Solar bursts gyrosynchrotron emission from three-dimensional sources p. 729

Testing non-linear force-free coronal magnetic field extrapolations with the Titov-Démoulin equilibrium p. 737

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

Cross-identifications and astro-photometric comparisons of the ICRF with recent catalogs of quasars p. 743

Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data

Stark parameters of neutral helium 318.8 nm line p. 751

Nuclear spin conversion of formaldehyde in protostar environments induced by non reactive collisions p. 755

Instruments, observational techniques, and data processing

An analysis method for time ordered data processing of dark matter experiments p. 761

Online catalogs and data

New grids of stellar models including tidal-evolution constants up to carbon burning - III. From 0.8 to 125 M: the Large Magellanic Cloud (Z = 0.007–0.01) p. 769